Brown Motion

It has been one fantastic Swedish movie after another.  In this case the title is actually the opening scene of the film. It describes a 100 year old man called Allan in an old person home who decides to abscond from his own birthday party.  What happens after he manages to exit from the window of his nursing home is the subject of this weird tale. His encounters take him literally and figuratively on a voyage beyond imagination in which he meets and dines and dances with luminaries and dignitaries and blows up things along the way. One explosion leads to another and interspersed in it are a whole bunch of people screaming.  It is hilarious in its narrative and the outrageous scenes that unfold somehow keeps the viewer glued to accept it all as if it is entirely possible. Written and directed by Swedes it is the second gem of a film since I saw the one titled 'A man called Ove'. As with Ove this film too is being planned for a Hollywood version release starri...

The local library yielded yet another golden find.  This is a Swedish production from a Swedish director with lead roles by Swedish actors. A story about a grumpy old man called Ove, who has given up on life.  Perhaps a story about procrastinating death.  Or being completely bad at killing oneself? Regardless it is a dark comedy that completely captures you and makes you root for this stubborn and nasty human being.  I see myself exhibiting many a characteristics of this aged and frustrated man who is the protagonist of the film.  To him the world is full of idiots.  Amen. It is the story of a man who grows up singularly focused on doing the right thing, a cultural legacy I think while saying very little.  The movie weaves the viewer through the life of this once young kid who grows up stoic facing many a challenge, losing his parents relatively young age.  He goes on to meet a woman that captures his heart on a train.  Eventually ma...